Petronas Tower

Peter Hemenway

Petronas Tower - Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia

Completed in 1996

451.9 meters was the tallest building in the world from 1998-2004, costing $1.9 billion USD. and is still the tallest twin tower.

88-story twin tower

An eight-sided floor plan based on 8 eight-sided star. Each tower has 5 tiers representing the 5 pillars of Islam

The Petronas Towers are interlinked twin towers that stand 88 floors and 452 metres tall.

With 88 floors of reinforced concrete and a steel façade, glass, and aluminum, it features a total of 32,000 windows.

The floor plan of each Petronas Twin Tower is based on the Rub el Hizb, an Islamic geometric symbol that consists of two overlapping squares rotated 45 degrees to form an eight-pointed star. The symbol is interpreted architecturally to represent Islamic principles of unity, harmony, and stability.

Tube structure. High-strength concrete. Exterior frame forms a hollow “tube” that acts as a counter level. Building moves with the wind .

NOTES: Rub el Hizb - Islamic symbol 8 pointed. star

Quaran is divided 30 parts. length 1 Juz. one of 30 parts 2 Hizb one hixb makes 10 pages each juz is divided into 2 hizb result is 60 hizb. 3 Rub. each hizb is divided into 4 rub